Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Hello list ! Yesterday, I win ! :) I just test to build as [M]odule the firmware. It's good for me because I don't want to have a permanently connexion. I think that I will test the second method just for fun : On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=ipw2200-bss.fw CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR=/lib/firmware/ (Something similar to the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line. I don't use ipw2200 and that might not be the proper way. You said the file is there, you checked, so you should know the proper path and syntax.) and I will learn that : Have a look at the section Code Listing 2.10: Enabling external firmware here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1chap=7 Thank you all for your help. I am happy that I spent the time to discover this distro and its community.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 07:17:55PM +, Mick wrote: On Thursday 19 Dec 2013 15:18:15 the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=ipw2200-bss.fw CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR=/lib/firmware/ (Something similar to the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line. I don't use ipw2200 and that might not be the proper way. You said the file is there, you checked, so you should know the proper path and syntax.) iirc I tried specifying extra firmware but it didn't load. Have a look at the section Code Listing 2.10: Enabling external firmware here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1chap=7 Don't forget to recompile and *boot* the newly configured kernel after you do this. Good post, Mick. It seems the amd64 Handbook is neutered concerning this. Perhaps someone decided genkernel was a substitute for properly configuring a custom kernel? If so, they should spend a day in #gentoo on IRC to help all those poor blokes arriving with failure due to genkernel. Cheers, Bruce -- List replies preferred. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On 2013-12-18 10:06, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-18 09:59, Randolph Maaßen wrote: On Dec 18, 2013 9:27 AM, Florian HEGRON hog...@iiiha.com wrote: On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200. I don't find the ipw2200 option (nano .config, ^W ipw2200). Don't edit .config directly, that leads to breakage in dependencies. ipw2200 in kernel 3.12.0 at device drivers networking support wireless lan intel pro/wireless 2200bf and 2915abg network connection, direct beneeth ipw 2100. If you don't see it, search for ipw2200 (using /) and have a look for missing dependencies. I find ipw2200-firmware with emerge. I don't really understand what do the kernel support, and what do the firmware. So I am a little disappointed. The kernel provides the funcionality for tou operating system to run this hardware and the firmware is the software that runs on the chip. Like in a car, you as operating system must know what each button does and the car must know what it has to do when you press a button. Thanks for help. hth Randolph Maaßen Ok thanks, I will see. I know what is actually a firmware. But I don't understand. I need to emerge a firmware which will be stored directly on my hardware ? Firmwares that I know (many intelligent devices) are in the devices. There is a specific procedure to upgrade this (when it's possible). Thanks, I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 [ 61.409941] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2 [ 61.411877] ipw2200: probe of :06:04.0 failed with error -5 It's not explicit for me. -2, -5, Where are errors descriptions ? Anybody can explain to me the firmware goal ? For me a firmware is a internal software of a device. So I don't really understand. Thank you !!
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Hi Florian, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. [ 61.409941] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2 [ 61.411877] ipw2200: probe of :06:04.0 failed with error -5 It's not explicit for me. -2, -5, Where are errors descriptions ? Anybody can explain to me the firmware goal ? For me a firmware is a internal software of a device. So I don't really understand. You can look at wireless card as CPU with just RAM (there are some other chips of course), so firmware is code which have to be executed by this specialized CPU in order to control RF stuff. And because code is not saved to non-volatile storage it have to be loaded to RAM every time after card is powered up. Driver itself just ensure proper communication between networking stack and CPU on wireless card. Regards, Ivan Thank you !!
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:08:21 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: Anybody can explain to me the firmware goal ? For me a firmware is a internal software of a device. So I don't really understand. Manufacturers often move some of the internal software from the device to the driver, especially when they sell the same device in markets with different regulations. The firmware is built into the Windows drivers so they can produce one device for all markets and only change the supplied drivers. It also makes bug fixing easier, so they can spend less time and money on testing, letting the users find the bugs and fix firmware issues with driver updates. -- Neil Bothwick Microsoft is to Software as McDonalds is to Cuisine signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. [ 61.409941] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2 [ 61.411877] ipw2200: probe of :06:04.0 failed with error -5 It's not explicit for me. -2, -5, Where are errors descriptions ? Anybody can explain to me the firmware goal ? For me a firmware is a internal software of a device. So I don't really understand. You can look at wireless card as CPU with just RAM (there are some other chips of course), so firmware is code which have to be executed by this specialized CPU in order to control RF stuff. And because code is not saved to non-volatile storage it have to be loaded to RAM every time after card is powered up. Driver itself just ensure proper communication between networking stack and CPU on wireless card. Regards, Ivan Very good explain ! Thank you ! I don't understand the error because I have the firmware. Thank you for help.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as module. Regards, Ivan
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as module. Regards, Ivan Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? Thanks.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 02:19:17PM +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as module. Regards, Ivan Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=ipw2200-bss.fw CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR=/lib/firmware/ (Something similar to the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line. I don't use ipw2200 and that might not be the proper way. You said the file is there, you checked, so you should know the proper path and syntax.) But if you have the driver built as a module in your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=m then you odn't have to have those 2 lines above, and the firmware will get loaded properly. On my systems I have drivers requiring firmware as modules (m) in my kernel, and not firmware directory listed in the kernel config. Sounds like the easiest thing for you is to try CONFIG_IPW2200=m in your kernel. When you boot with it as a module, issue: dmesg | grep firmware and you should have a line similar to: [6.007039] usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin which would match your ipw2200-bss.fw You don't need an initramfs just to load a module for a wireless chipset. The initramfs is only needed to load modules required to boot your system. Cheers, Bruce -- List replies preferred. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: snip I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as module. Regards, Ivan Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? If you don't have initramfs till now you would not needed it just for this. Build driver as module, ensure that you have correct entry in /etc/conf.d/modules [1] [2] (this will auto load wifi driver). And you should be fine. Just for the test you can load it by hand # modprobe ipw2200-driver-name Regards, Ivan [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC/Baselayout_1_to_2_migration [2] $ cat /etc/conf.d/modules modules=ipw2200-driver-name Thanks.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On 2013-12-19 14:51, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: snip I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as module. Regards, Ivan Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? If you don't have initramfs till now you would not needed it just for this. Build driver as module, ensure that you have correct entry in /etc/conf.d/modules [1] [2] (this will auto load wifi driver). And you should be fine. Just for the test you can load it by hand # modprobe ipw2200-driver-name Regards, Ivan [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC/Baselayout_1_to_2_migration [2] $ cat /etc/conf.d/modules modules=ipw2200-driver-name Ok, where can I find the driver-name ? Thanks.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 15:09 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 14:51, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: snip I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as module. Regards, Ivan Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? If you don't have initramfs till now you would not needed it just for this. Build driver as module, ensure that you have correct entry in /etc/conf.d/modules [1] [2] (this will auto load wifi driver). And you should be fine. Just for the test you can load it by hand # modprobe ipw2200-driver-name Regards, Ivan [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC/Baselayout_1_to_2_migration [2] $ cat /etc/conf.d/modules modules=ipw2200-driver-name Ok, where can I find the driver-name ? I am pretty sure it's name will be ipw2200 :-) $ cd /usr/src/linux $ grep -r ipw2200 * | grep Kconfig drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig: See file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 for drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig: http://ipw2200.sf.net/. See the above referenced README.ipw2200 drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig: Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2200 driver. drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig:% modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1 drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig:% echo 1 /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rtap_iface Regards. Thanks.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [ 1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as module. Regards, Ivan Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? When I was installing gentoo on my netbook I had to compile the wifi driver as a module because it couldn't load firmware if it was built in. Didn't find any other solution. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSswJNAAoJEK64IL1uI2haU3MH/R0oz6EPdbOayVIzISH83Oi8 MF7GY0HPAEt17csCVe7Ft+uCu95JoF9tAxyrqZLpX9ifIDSi/aQ9siPPr7ixsYdk v/63Tves60vHldnaHINbVsGMWlkgcPmEhJQL8VPQEdC6E4Zbe5VtVJg4kgzFZKiF pEvivuk4tVwoInCra++rU6wsPwBqYnTo5eFXbZHTKF+bVHRyXBLZR/MBCEzh4ZE7 cou7ZmZOFV2q3heMrsmbLzvyNJFX71lCWNLJ+BQ7+4HevgeitLP1llzp/YtweoXo uw/y3cXp8vH8vknezdXIzEa/S4LoL33mg0aOnYrJjHeQSLQ8gULoHN+RAvcvrvs= =HpqD -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [ 1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as module. Regards, Ivan Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? When I was installing gentoo on my netbook I had to compile the wifi driver as a module because it couldn't load firmware if it was built in. Didn't find any other solution. There is another solution already explained by @Bruce Hill earlier in this thread. Regards.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On 2013-12-19 15:39, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [ 1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware. This file is present, I checked. How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as module. Regards, Ivan Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? When I was installing gentoo on my netbook I had to compile the wifi driver as a module because it couldn't load firmware if it was built in. Didn't find any other solution. There is another solution already explained by @Bruce Hill earlier in this thread. Regards. I will test the two solutions. I will write the results. Regards,
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=ipw2200-bss.fw CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR=/lib/firmware/ (Something similar to the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line. I don't use ipw2200 and that might not be the proper way. You said the file is there, you checked, so you should know the proper path and syntax.) iirc I tried specifying extra firmware but it didn't load. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSsw41AAoJEK64IL1uI2hafhUH/02BVz5M9HKqwtmg3isS5B/Q 662KBG3pjg2hn8b9trM+Mro0j410sQcIWXI+CEK8dpAue9p8kCAf4y1OixXt4Sv2 0CSxuvzXfwqnoAdm/3MuBsV4etBkNbwK9IghRcwH0R2jaN+I72uz8AzbuQU8C80k V1jaZxQGZ50i+zCEnkJiPxiMMjTIf9Eg1R5HQ+k8I6IwhZjJu1rkEJ82cdEb3OsU e+2Ask6Xzj2Fdv5xjdNc7UtDPnMIMhOBsX6XDtJm6sbgjKA/lH/RUzHARRlEkBi3 7uUAsLnod/ZoEwWZe8rrB3dsg4YpRi1GWFkpDPck905r3c4M8hXXFYLuRKgLWps= =M/Ut -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Thursday 19 Dec 2013 15:18:15 the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=ipw2200-bss.fw CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR=/lib/firmware/ (Something similar to the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line. I don't use ipw2200 and that might not be the proper way. You said the file is there, you checked, so you should know the proper path and syntax.) iirc I tried specifying extra firmware but it didn't load. Have a look at the section Code Listing 2.10: Enabling external firmware here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1chap=7 Don't forget to recompile and *boot* the newly configured kernel after you do this. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200. I don't find the ipw2200 option (nano .config, ^W ipw2200). I find ipw2200-firmware with emerge. I don't really understand what do the kernel support, and what do the firmware. So I am a little disappointed. Thanks for help.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Dec 18, 2013 9:27 AM, Florian HEGRON hog...@iiiha.com wrote: On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200. I don't find the ipw2200 option (nano .config, ^W ipw2200). Don't edit .config directly, that leads to breakage in dependencies. ipw2200 in kernel 3.12.0 at device drivers networking support wireless lan intel pro/wireless 2200bf and 2915abg network connection, direct beneeth ipw 2100. If you don't see it, search for ipw2200 (using /) and have a look for missing dependencies. I find ipw2200-firmware with emerge. I don't really understand what do the kernel support, and what do the firmware. So I am a little disappointed. The kernel provides the funcionality for tou operating system to run this hardware and the firmware is the software that runs on the chip. Like in a car, you as operating system must know what each button does and the car must know what it has to do when you press a button. Thanks for help. hth Randolph Maaßen
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On 2013-12-18 09:59, Randolph Maaßen wrote: On Dec 18, 2013 9:27 AM, Florian HEGRON hog...@iiiha.com wrote: On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200. I don't find the ipw2200 option (nano .config, ^W ipw2200). Don't edit .config directly, that leads to breakage in dependencies. ipw2200 in kernel 3.12.0 at device drivers networking support wireless lan intel pro/wireless 2200bf and 2915abg network connection, direct beneeth ipw 2100. If you don't see it, search for ipw2200 (using /) and have a look for missing dependencies. I find ipw2200-firmware with emerge. I don't really understand what do the kernel support, and what do the firmware. So I am a little disappointed. The kernel provides the funcionality for tou operating system to run this hardware and the firmware is the software that runs on the chip. Like in a car, you as operating system must know what each button does and the car must know what it has to do when you press a button. Thanks for help. hth Randolph Maaßen Ok thanks, I will see. I know what is actually a firmware. But I don't understand. I need to emerge a firmware which will be stored directly on my hardware ? Firmwares that I know (many intelligent devices) are in the devices. There is a specific procedure to upgrade this (when it's possible). Thanks,
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On 2013-12-16 21:27, Mick wrote: On Monday 16 Dec 2013 15:56:35 Rick Zero_Chaos Farina wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG. I tried to follow the simple wiki page : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi It appears easy because my card is in the list. I config my kernel as indicated. I tried too to active the support of all proposed wifi device. I rebooted on the new compiled kernel. I emerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode without problem. After a reboot, I tried to use ifconfig -a but I only see my lo, enp6s8 (ethernet), and sit0 (ipv6 I think). I tried to unmerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode and emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware but nothing more. Hi, did you try: # rfkill list ? === no ² What is the goal of this command ? In which package it is because I haven't this. If I have a result with this command, what do I have to do ? I will try to try today. Thank you. I would suggest modprobe ipw2200 then dmesg | grep ipw2200 and see what is going on. might not see your hardware at all, might have a firmware issue, might be broken. dmesg will show more. if you need help please reboot, modprobe ipw2200, and then provide dmesg output to the list. -Zero Only to add that getting WiFi to work is not too complicated, but you will need to follow some basic steps to get it going: 1. Check that the wireless card's driver is installed in the kernel. You can install this as a module if you do not use wireless all the time, otherwise build it in the kernel. If it is installed as a module, then modprobe it and check in dmesg to see that it is loaded. 2. Check that the relevant firmware is also installed and loaded. 3. Check that the card is switched on on the laptop (there may be some button to switch on the hardware). The rfkill package can be used to check this: $ eix -l rfkill [I] net-wireless/rfkill Available versions: 0.4 0.5 Installed versions: 0.5(14:34:30 06/29/13) Homepage: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/rfkill Description: Tool to read and control rfkill status through /dev/rfkill Now the card should be listed in ifconfig. Set up your network management solution to configure your desired wireless access point and encryption: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_management Hope this helps. Thank you for help. Sorry I can't copy/past because I haven't configured MUA on my laptop. In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. When I add the support as module, it's not loaded. Where I buit-in it, the dmesg just say me that he can't load the firmware. May be my card is not supported ?
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Tuesday 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 Florian HEGRON wrote: When I add the support as module, it's not loaded. Where I buit-in it, the dmesg just say me that he can't load the firmware. Sounds like you need to emerge sys-firmware/ipw2100-firmware. -- Regards Peter
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 1: Microsoft Works signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
oh I didn't find it. I will watch in text mode (nano .config). I hope that I could test this evening. Thank you ! On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200.
[gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Hello, First : I use Gentoo since few weeks. It's very technical distro. I learn about linux, and many tools. I really learn to do what I want. It's a good distro ! My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG. I tried to follow the simple wiki page : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi It appears easy because my card is in the list. I config my kernel as indicated. I tried too to active the support of all proposed wifi device. I rebooted on the new compiled kernel. I emerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode without problem. After a reboot, I tried to use ifconfig -a but I only see my lo, enp6s8 (ethernet), and sit0 (ipv6 I think). I tried to unmerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode and emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware but nothing more. Anybody has an idea ? Thank you !
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Le 16/12/2013 15:36, Florian HEGRON a écrit : Hello, First : I use Gentoo since few weeks. It's very technical distro. I learn about linux, and many tools. I really learn to do what I want. It's a good distro ! My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG. I tried to follow the simple wiki page : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi It appears easy because my card is in the list. I config my kernel as indicated. I tried too to active the support of all proposed wifi device. I rebooted on the new compiled kernel. I emerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode without problem. After a reboot, I tried to use ifconfig -a but I only see my lo, enp6s8 (ethernet), and sit0 (ipv6 I think). I tried to unmerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode and emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware but nothing more. Anybody has an idea ? Thank you ! Hi, did you try: # rfkill list ? === no ² for exemple: rfkill list 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no MFG
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG. I tried to follow the simple wiki page : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi It appears easy because my card is in the list. I config my kernel as indicated. I tried too to active the support of all proposed wifi device. I rebooted on the new compiled kernel. I emerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode without problem. After a reboot, I tried to use ifconfig -a but I only see my lo, enp6s8 (ethernet), and sit0 (ipv6 I think). I tried to unmerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode and emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware but nothing more. Hi, did you try: # rfkill list ? === no ² What is the goal of this command ? In which package it is because I haven't this. If I have a result with this command, what do I have to do ? I will try to try today. Thank you.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG. I tried to follow the simple wiki page : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi It appears easy because my card is in the list. I config my kernel as indicated. I tried too to active the support of all proposed wifi device. I rebooted on the new compiled kernel. I emerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode without problem. After a reboot, I tried to use ifconfig -a but I only see my lo, enp6s8 (ethernet), and sit0 (ipv6 I think). I tried to unmerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode and emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware but nothing more. Hi, did you try: # rfkill list ? === no ² What is the goal of this command ? In which package it is because I haven't this. If I have a result with this command, what do I have to do ? I will try to try today. Thank you. I would suggest modprobe ipw2200 then dmesg | grep ipw2200 and see what is going on. might not see your hardware at all, might have a firmware issue, might be broken. dmesg will show more. if you need help please reboot, modprobe ipw2200, and then provide dmesg output to the list. - -Zero -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSryKzAAoJEKXdFCfdEflKuMAP/13YIiRgHjW51KJytc1wI2N0 VnIayMeNY2OWwNljSbgASPpmYELu8DREC9NfCMG5FKoGXS9MzVdBI9CbBKq2rcWY wXTC2sMFXqlaiuYdTK8LFRhVMt0Ce5LHOD4sq3e3H9gs2+sU25bV1BRiQd0PoP62 PSnHT93K3AjX1/xXIK3+a+IeBo0xkEIxiNTSoQl50vhcwWx2DJVI8Na0gvKzsw6s SCq85Ki5xrBoflXXWfWy4sTijcggV/15Uv+LRAr9JKDH9nRxesGQx7Td9WWhzhQA clUmg1h/9F21YYIEOu6GTtYVtSw8GYBhsD5PO5rrM9GtOwySwvZPUXvG19qYItbm j+c191N+JYwx61kECe8A+mP2q2ujku5+4K7JfEpcvirIQO/dz0lO1kUZBglP60D0 aW0Y26V3s/qS2PBcd/Qh6MLVdU7cfKBLhmkZIIlZ7e7x8v49ivfNfcF4zfzt7t5P mbEUBGN4hT1ViVmmUSYQ5HXz+k4UU2ocbHKUo3FnDP3IKUyksqp5kon6BmI2igPj ZswOebL9bw3OVCsMrnGz/XWSmMiKLNPwe7FSphXUWsyc+4fEWPglnpG8YIoculjq Hdz87h7tINWXtW+nAPxLXakPwE6hHo5Z2POGQSJfkuDQyt+9fLv0oFfEj+7efwWE 35k23vfsNrkYhz2HBYhT =TDM+ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
On Monday 16 Dec 2013 15:56:35 Rick Zero_Chaos Farina wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG. I tried to follow the simple wiki page : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi It appears easy because my card is in the list. I config my kernel as indicated. I tried too to active the support of all proposed wifi device. I rebooted on the new compiled kernel. I emerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode without problem. After a reboot, I tried to use ifconfig -a but I only see my lo, enp6s8 (ethernet), and sit0 (ipv6 I think). I tried to unmerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode and emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware but nothing more. Hi, did you try: # rfkill list ? === no ² What is the goal of this command ? In which package it is because I haven't this. If I have a result with this command, what do I have to do ? I will try to try today. Thank you. I would suggest modprobe ipw2200 then dmesg | grep ipw2200 and see what is going on. might not see your hardware at all, might have a firmware issue, might be broken. dmesg will show more. if you need help please reboot, modprobe ipw2200, and then provide dmesg output to the list. -Zero Only to add that getting WiFi to work is not too complicated, but you will need to follow some basic steps to get it going: 1. Check that the wireless card's driver is installed in the kernel. You can install this as a module if you do not use wireless all the time, otherwise build it in the kernel. If it is installed as a module, then modprobe it and check in dmesg to see that it is loaded. 2. Check that the relevant firmware is also installed and loaded. 3. Check that the card is switched on on the laptop (there may be some button to switch on the hardware). The rfkill package can be used to check this: $ eix -l rfkill [I] net-wireless/rfkill Available versions: 0.4 0.5 Installed versions: 0.5(14:34:30 06/29/13) Homepage: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/rfkill Description: Tool to read and control rfkill status through /dev/rfkill Now the card should be listed in ifconfig. Set up your network management solution to configure your desired wireless access point and encryption: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_management Hope this helps. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
